U.S. ATTORNEY IS SWORN IN

West Hartford lawyer Kevin J. O'Connor was sworn in Friday as U.S. attorney for the district of Connecticut.

U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello administered the oath to O'Connor. President Bush nominated him for the position. The U.S. Senate confirmed his nomination Nov. 15.

O'Connor, a Republican, has been a partner with the Hartford law firm of Day, Berry and Howard since 1999. In 1998, he ran an unsuccessful campaign against U.S. Rep. John Larson in Connecticut's 1st Congressional District.

O'Connor, 35, succeeds Stephen Robinson, a Clinton appointee who resigned last year. John Danaher III has been serving as interim U.S. attorney.